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''Brick Bradford'' was a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, a journalist based in Cleveland, and artist Clarence Gray. It was first distributed in 1933 by Central Press Association, a subsidiary of King Features Syndicate which specialized in producing material for small-town newspapers.〔Ron Goulart, "The 30s -- Boomtime for SF Heroes". ''Starlog'' magazine, January 1981 (pp. 31–35).〕 Ritt grew tired of ''Brick Bradford'' in the mid-1940s, and by 1948 he had turned over first the daily and then the Sunday to Gray, who did the strip by himself until his health problems increased. In 1952, Paul Norris (who had been working on King's ''Jungle Jim'') took over the daily. When Gray died in 1956, Norris took over the Sunday strip. Norris retired in 1987, and the strip was retired as well with the daily ending April 25, 1987 and the Sundays two weeks later. "Brick Bradford" achieved its greatest popularity outside the United States. "Brick Bradford" was carried by both newspapers and comic books in Australia and New Zealand. In France, the strip was known as "Luc Bradefer" (Luke Ironarm), and was published in many newspapers.〔"Brick Bradford", in ''I Grandi Eroi del Fumetto'', by Franco Fossati. Rome : Gremese Editore, 1990 ISBN 8876054960 (pp 59-60). 〕 The strip was also widely published in Italy.〔 ==Characters and story== The titular hero, Brick, was a redheaded aviator who continually encountered fantastic situations.〔 Initially, the strip was focused on Earth-bound, aviation-focused adventures, in a similar manner to ''Skyroads''. However, as the strip developed, ''Brick Bradford'' increasingly featured fantastic elements in the manner of ''Buck Rogers'' and ''Flash Gordon''. Ritt was an admirer of science fiction writers H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Abraham Merritt, and drew on some of their ideas when writing "Brick Bradford". 〔 ''Brick Bradford'' now became more of a space opera/adventure story, with its tales of dinosaurs, lost civilizations, intergalactic villains, robots and subatomic worlds.〔 By 1935, ''Brick Bradfords popularity had greatly increased, and it arrived in the Sunday comics sections of major newspapers in 1933, followed by a weekend edition that began November 24, 1934. In the daily strips Brick kept company with his friend, Sandy Sanderson, scientist Kalla Kopak, and June Salisbury, Brick's girlfriend and daughter of his ally, Van Atta Salisbury. 〔 The Sunday strips featured completely different characters and plots. Here Brick was often accompanied on his adventures by Professor Horatio Southern and his daughter April, who was Brick's love interest .〔 Brick's enemies included Dr. Franz Ego, a spy; Avil Blue, inventor of a giant robot; and the "Assassins", descendants of the Middle Eastern sect of the same name. 〔 On April 20, 1935, the strip added a time machine, the Time Top, that traveled to both past and future, presaging Doc Wonmug's device in ''Alley Oop'' four years later.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brick Bradford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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